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Re: reduce expression to test sublist

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On 1/5/2013 1:58 PM, Dave Angel wrote:

> If you're trying to make a faster loop, then I suggest you look into set
> differences.  Turn both lists into sets, and subtract them.   Something
> like (untested):
>
>     result =  not bool( set(lst1) - set(lst2) )

This does not return False as soon as an item in set1 is found that is 
not in set2.

set(lst1) < set(lst2)

will, and directly return False/True. The OP is trying to compute the 
lst1 < lst2, where lst1 and lst2 are interpreted as sets, rather than as 
sequences with the lexicographic ordering default.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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reduce expression to test sublist Asim <asim.r.p@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 10:25 -0800
  Re: reduce expression to test sublist Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-05 13:58 -0500
  Re: reduce expression to test sublist chaouche yacine <yacinechaouche@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-05 11:59 -0800
  Re: reduce expression to test sublist Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-01-05 22:41 +0200
  Re: reduce expression to test sublist Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-01-05 16:55 -0500
  Re: reduce expression to test sublist Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-01-05 16:55 -0500
  Re: reduce expression to test sublist Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-05 17:05 -0500

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